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Dr. Richard J. Deckelbaum, M.D.
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition
- Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University
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NAA Committee membership:
Dissemination Working Group (DWG)
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Dr. Deckelbaum received a B.Sc. and M.D. from McGill University.
He directs the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University. Dr.
Deckelbaum has a long professional involvement with basic research in
the cell biology of lipids and issues of human nutrition with emphasis
on the pediatric population. He has published extensively on the role
of children's nutrition in heart disease and in basic pathways of cell
lipid metabolism. Dr. Deckelbaum has served on the USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines
Advisory Committee for Year 2000, and is a member of the N.I.H Nutrition
Study Section.
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